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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 18, 1995Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 18, 1995, 6:49 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 1995, 6:49 AM CST (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 1995, 7:30 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 454 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 181252
TORLCH
TXC457-181330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
649 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...TYLER COUNTY
 
AT 6:50 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES
WEST OF WOODVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE COLMESNEIL COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton20 min
Dec 18, 7:19 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper41 min
Dec 18, 7:51 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton39 min
Dec 18, 10:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.